Embryo model (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Embryo model

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Scientists in the Brivanlou lab used light-inducible gene expression (yellow circle) and embryo models to demonstrate that, at the start of gastrulation, body-axis formation requires an interplay between biochemical signals and mechanical forces.

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Brivanlou lab/The Rockefeller University

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